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IELTS Academic Reading Practice Test 55 Answer Key 1. C Paragraph C: ‘Cooper attributes this high level of interest to the possibilities of legal working holiday visas for many nationalities and consequent short-term work opportunities making extended travel financially feasible’ 2. B Paragraph D: ‘Brian Johnson, who is currently employed by the British Consulate in Bangkok, believes that the welcoming nature and level of English spoken by Thais involved in the tourism industry has also impacted positively on the destination’s overseas image՛ 3. D Paragraph C: ‘Rebecca Thompson, who has just returned from a twelve-month overseas trip, says that the cosmopolitan and modern nature of Australian cities such as Sydney and Melbourne contrasted with the rugged outback appeal of Western Australia and the Northern Territory, or the marine paradise of the Great Barrier Reef offer sufficient variation to attract a wide base of visitors.’ 4. AParagraph G: The youth of today are undoubtedly becoming more adventurous, which Hartwell ascribes to higher disposable income in the developed world than were available to previous generations and also the fact that we can more easily familiarise ourselves with the unknown via the internet and other communication methods’ 5. NO Paragraph B: ‘Alan Park, who has travelled extensively through Europe, Australasia and several other parts of the globe, says most accommodation establishments aimed at the backpacker market are designed with communal kitchens, dormitories and entertainment areas which lend themselves to allowing residents to socialize with ease and quickly breakdown barriers with strangers that may usually exist in day to day life.’ 6. NOT GIVENParagraph C: ‘Brad Connor advises that it is also possible to obtain bargain deals on internal flights within this massive island when purchasing an international ticket, highly recommended’ NO MENTION IS MADE OF WHETHER IT IS CHEAPER THAN ANY OTHER FORM OF TRANSPORT 7. YES Paragraph E: ‘…bus and rail networks allow visitors to travel from centre to centre relatively inexpensively, though he does not recommend these forms of transport to visitors on a short time-frame as the pace is unhurried’ 8. NOT GIVENParagraph G: ‘Many travellers, particularly experienced backpackers, are keen to experience more obscure destinations well off the well-trodden backpacker trail.’ DOES NOT ACTUALLY SAY THAT THEY DO NOT CO TO AUSTRALIA 9. Economy Paragraph E: Vietnam, alongside its rapidly developing economy, has also over recent years established a solid tourism industry’ 10. Precautions Paragraph D: ‘…precautions such as drinking bottled water and washing of fruit and vegetables should be practised 11. Marine paradise Paragraph C: ‘…cosmopolitan and modern nature of Australian cities such as Sydney and Melbourne contrasted with the rugged outback appeal of Western Australia and the Northern Territory, or the marine paradise of the Great Barrier Reef’ 12. Supermarine S.B. Paragraph C: ‘The first predecessor of the Spitfire in the fighter plane category to gain him national acclaim was the Supermarine S.B’ Reading Passage 2IELTS Academic Reading Practice Test 55 Answer Key 13. 224Paragraph E: ‘The first type, the 224, was to prove unsuccessful and it was eventually rejected by the Royal Air Force due to unsatisfactory performance’ 14. private sponsorship Paragraph E: ‘private sponsorship enabled research, development and modifications which led to the creation of Type 300’ 15. 1938 Paragraph E: ‘The British Royal Air Force ordered 310 models … In 1938, the aircraft was first put into official service’ 16. 20,351 Spitfires (17 types). Paragraph E: ‘In total 20,351 spitfires of different versions were produced making it the most produced British aircraft of the Second World War.’ 17. surveillance Paragraph F: ‘Spitfires were used continually by the Royal Air Force, later purely as surveillance planes (to monitor activity overhead though carrying no armament), until 1954’ 18. CIn Paragraphs D and E, the Air Ministry sponsored the development of an aircraft after the Supermarine SB and before the Spitfire. They sponsored the 224, which was unsuccessful so the Spitfire was developed but with private sponsorship. 19. A Paragraphs C and D: ‘…their aircraft achieving a new world speed record of 606 km/h; within days the Supermarine S.B. went on to break its own newly achieved record when on the 29th of the same month it became the first aircraft ever to achieve speeds of over 400 miles per hour (640 kilometres) when it reached 407.5 mph (640 kilometres per hour). …Reginald Joseph Mitchell was awarded a CBE In 1932 for his contributions to high-speed flight.’ 20. D Paragraphs C and E. The Supermarine SB: ‘…it became the first aircraft ever to achieve speeds of over 400 miles per hour1. The Spitfire: the Spitfire was considered revolutionary’ 21. E ‘prior to completion of all stages of its official trials, convinced by its potential, The British Royal Air Force ordered 310 models.’ 22. B ‘and his capabilities and contributions were deemed so significant Vickers- Armstrong made his continual employment for a five year period a condition of the purchase of the company.’ 23. G‘A combined theatre and education centre “The Mitchell Memorial Theatre’ bears his name; and the city museum, at the entrance of which stands a bronze statue of Mitchell, displays an authentic and complete Spitfire as part of its collection. In addition, a local high school is named after him; as is a major roadway…’ 24. F ‘24 models of spitfire were designed along with many sub-variants containing different engine types and possessing different wing configurations’ 25. E ‘With Its smooth lines, load-bearing metal shell, and a heavy eight-machine gun armament, the Spitfire was considered revolutionary’ Reading Passage 3IELTS Academic Reading Practice Test 55 Answer Key 26. vii Paragraph B talks about how Galileo introduced theories which were responsible for paving the way for the formulation of the modern theories of today’ and it contains information about definitions of gravity and gravitation. 27. iv Paragraph C refers to the general rule that ‘gravity is directly proportional to mass’ (e.g. the moon and the earth). Hudson Bay is the exception to the gravity rule. 28. ix Paragraph E introduces a ‘second conjecture՛ (the Laurentide ice-sheet) contributing to low gravity in Hudson Bay. This makes it an alternative viewpoint to the theory of the effect of molten rock presented in the previous paragraph. 29. ii Paragraph F refers to the investigations carried out to prove (substantiate in the heading) the theory (hypothesis in the heading) that the Laurentide ice-sheet has affected gravity levels in Hudson Bay. 30. x Paragraph G talks about both the magma and Laurentide ice-sheet theories 31. i Paragraph H talks about how the Hudson Bay area will eventually recover from the weight of the Laurentide ice-sheet. 32. TRUEParagraph B: Though the two terms are now used interchangeably in layman use, strictly by scientific definition, there are distinct differences between ‘gravitation’ and ‘gravity’.՛ 33. NOT GIVEN Paragraph C: The mass of the Earth itself is not spread out proportionally, being much flatter at the poles than the equator as a result of its rotation; gravity and gravitational pull in different locations throughout the world also vary.’ WE ARE TOLD THAT GRAVITY AND GRAVITATIONAL PULL AROUND THE WORLD VARIES, BUT NOT THAT IT IS SIGNIFICANT 34. FALSE Paragraph D: It was first believed – The original theory presented attributed this anomaly to the activity which occurs 100-200 kilometres below the Earth’s surface within the layer known as the ‘mantle’. NO REFERENCE IS MADE TO THE EQUATOR OR THE POLES 35. FALSE Paragraph G: The former (magma activity) has resulted in 55 – 75% of gravity reduction…the latter [Laurentide ice-sheet] accounts for 25-45%’. THEREFORE IT IS CONTRADICTED THAT MOLTEN ROCK HAD LESS OF AN IMPACT THAN THE LAURENITDE ICE-SHEET. 36. NOT GIVENParagraph F: ‘Extensive investigation has since been carried out by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics using data collected by satellites during the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) between 2002 and 2006.’ ALTHOUGH THE SECTION IN RED REFERS BACK TO HUDSON BAY, THIS DOES NOT TELL US IT WAS THE MAIN FOCUS OF THE PROJECT. 37. J Paragraph B: ‘…gravitation propels all objects to the ground at the same rate, air resistance resulted in heavier objects appearing to fall more quickly; his theories contradicting earlier belief systems put in place by Aristotle ‘ 38. E Paragraph C: ‘In the 1960s, as a result of research into the worldwide gravity fields, it was discovered that inexplicably areas around and including the Hudson Bay area of Canada appeared to possess significantly lower levels of gravity than other parts of the globe’ 39. IParagraph D: ‘ These convection currents can result in the lowering of the continental plates which make up the Earth’s surface՛ 40. C Paragraph E: ‘The Laurentide ice-sheet, which covered most of Canada and the northern tip of the USA until it melted 10,000 years ago, is thought to have been 3.2 km thick in most parts’ Full Reading Content For Test 55Academic Reading Test 54 |
